staff member at partner hospital in Gaza killed

ActionAid Ireland devastated by killing of staff member at partner hospital in Gaza – as attacks intensify across strip despite ceasefire deal
  • Date: 16/01/2025
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland is devastated to learn that Fatin Shaqoura-Salha, the Chief of Nursing Staff at Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat, run by ActionAid’s partner Al-Awda, has been killed in Gaza, along with her family. Fatin, her husband and their children were killed when their home was struck by the Israeli military on Wednesday, while ceasefire negotiations were.....

Ceasefire agreement must be first step towards permanent end to the suffering in Gaza, says ActionAid  Ireland
  • Date: 15/01/2025
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland said today while the agreement to halt hostilities in Gaza will bring some respite to its exhausted people, it is no substitute for a permanent ceasefire which respects the rights of Palestinians to determine their own future. ActionAid Ireland CEO, Karol Balfe, said the international community must apply maximum pressure on all parties.....

ActionAid's partner WEFAQ distributing hot food and fresh fruit and vegetables. Rafa, Gaza

Catastrophic food shortages in Gaza force community kitchens to close, leaving starving families with nowhere to turn, warns ActionAid Ireland
  • Date: 17/12/2024
  • Author: ActionAid Ireland

ActionAid Ireland today expressed alarm that people in Gaza are starving and struggling to survive, with many living on less than a single loaf of bread per day as dire food shortages force bakeries and community kitchens to close.  “As starvation continues to be used as a weapon of war in Gaza, it’s becoming ever.....